Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Witness For Whitman Prosecution Tells Of Her Hedge Fund Insider Trading Involvement
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Roomy Khan, a government co-operator in the biggest hedge fund insider trading conspiracy in US history, spoke yesterday at the trial of San Francisco hedge fund manager Doug Whitman who stands accused of making almost $1 million using insider tips […]
UCITS Hedge Fund Index – July 2012 Performance
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The UCITS Alternative Index Global is up 0.84% in July bringing its year to date performance to 0.50%, while the UCITS Alternative Index Fund of Funds is up 0.83% bringing its yearly performance to -1.58%. In […]
Credit Suisse: Hedge Funds Up 1.02% in July
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed up 1.02% in July as six of the seven index component strategies reported positive results for July. Following the market events of 2008, increased attention has […]
Credit Suisse: Overall Hedge Fund Industry Up 0.96% in July
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index (“CSLAB”), which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry, finished up 0.96% in July.The Managed Futures strategy was the most significant contributor to performance, finishing […]
People Moves: Hedge Fund Veteran Joins Northern Trust
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – $4.6 trillion hedge fund administrator Northern Trust, announced today that Tony Glickman has joined in a global client solutions role designed to harness the full value of its hedge fund services, custody, banking and operations platform on […]
NY Hedge Fund Affiliate Accused Of Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Platinum Partners, an affiliate of NY hedge fund manager Platinum Management has been accused of fraud by Hartz Solar Hamilton LLC., According to new Jersey website NorthJersey.com. Hartz filed suit in U.S. District Court (Newark), saying that the […]
Hedge Funds Care “Behind the Hedges” Raises $60,000 For Child Abuse Awareness
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – About 150 hedge fund professionals turned up for the Hedge Funds Care “Behind the Hedges” cocktail party in the Hamptons last weekend. The event raised more than $60,000 for the charity, which gives grants to nonprofits […]
UCITS Hedge Fund Index Update
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The UCITS Alternative Index Blue Chip is up 0.20% this week. The best performing strategies are Commodities (up 1.19%), Emerging Markets (up 0.98%) and Long/Short Equity (up 0.43%). The strategies posting losses this week are Volatility […]
Sir Richard Branson To Speak at Cayman Hedge Fund Summit
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Institutional investors, hedge fund CEOs, economists and academics are meeting November 1-2, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton in Grand Cayman to discuss the global alternative investment industry. The key theme of the Summit is ‘Innovation in Alternative Investments: Seeing […]
Church of England Investing Heavily In Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – According to this year’s report from the UK clergy pension board, around £60m ($94 million) has been transferred to hedge funds Bridgewater Associates, Winton Capital and Blackrock Asset Management, all of whom are “big charitable donors” to the […]
New Century Hedge Fund Manger Sentenced In NY
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Florida-based hedge fund manager Ward Onsa has been sentenced Friday in Brooklyn federal court to serve 78 months in prison for running a Ponzi scheme. Onsa is the manager of New Century Hedge Fund Partners LP., he […]